THE CHALLENGE THE AVL SOLUTION Facing ever more stringent emissions targets, the quest for an Confronted with this very complexity in powertrain development efficient and affordable powertrain leads invariably through and driven by innovation, AVL presents AVL X-ion™ – the complexity. On the one hand, optimizing every single combustion cutting-edge high-speed data acquisition platform. AVL X-ion™ cycle is becoming a necessity to which modern combustion analysis is a modular acquisition system that can be easily adapted to systems must respond. On the other hand, the capacity of different units under test and test environments. Furthermore, pure internal combustion engines to fulfill upcoming emissions the innovative data acquisition platform helps in managing the legislations at affordable costs is being questioned – causing growing powertrain complexity and combines AVL know-how development resources to be increasingly invested in solutions and expertise in several application areas: indicating, optical based on hybrid and pure electric powertrains. combustion and e-Power analysis.
THE ADDED VALUE
• Increased efficiency based on reduced number of tools in the test facility and in the office • Enables testbed versatility, reduces changeover and retooling times • Stress-free transition to electrified powertrains • Future-proof investment thanks to evolutionary module concept ADAPTS. ACQUIRES. INSPIRES. • The system consists of a modular platform with • The unique architecture offers a very short analog • Powerful acquisition software: User-specific formulas, 8 slots for front-end modules (X-FEM). signal path, which results in highest noise immunity scripts and macros for creative brains also enable the • The X-FEMs optimally combine the analog-digital and signal quality. standardization of operation and process conformity. converter with signal conditioning. The X-FEMs • AVL X-ion™ allows time and crank angle based • The large system flexibility at all levels opens up also provide sensor supply and recognition. sampling at the same time, enabling the collection a new world of possibilities for facility managers • Application-specific X-FEMs ensure the perfect of the optimal set and amount of data for the and test methodology teams. match with target investigations and unit under test. desired investigations. • Significant cost savings and increase in efficiency • The X-FEMs can be easily swapped to quickly • The signals are centrally synchronized, which thanks to a single entry point for all fast signals adapt to the demands of the project. drastically simplifies post-processing activities. on the test cell. • An 8-core signal processor guarantees real-time calculation and output of highly accurate results. ONE HIGH-SPEED ACQUISITION PLATFORM FOR ANY TEST ENVIRONMENT
Revolutionizing the Management of Test Equipment and Facilities A Stress-free Transition to Hybrid and e-Powertrains AVL X-ion™ is a compact system with high channel density. The platform can be easily mounted AVL X-ion™ is delivered with a powerful acquisition on a boom box or on a trolley, close to the unit under test. The result: short analog cables, a software. Regardless of the application, all measure- high immunity to interferences and an exceptionally high signal quality. The latter benefit is ment results are stored in a unique I-file, which greatly made possible by the short distance between the input socket and analog-digital converter simplifies the data post-processing, for instance (ADC) in the front-end modules. with AVL CONCERTO™.
The sophisticated “all-in-one” hardware architecture drastically simplifies the cable schematics The acquisition software also features an advanced for complex test facilities. This significantly reduces installation efforts as well as commissioning interface to AVL PUMA Open 2™, which allows to mistakes, and increases data quality and test field efficiency at the same time. perfectly control AVL X-ion™ from the automation system. The calculations and data compression The modular concept of AVL X-ion™ enables versatility and notably results delivered by AVL X-ion™ are consistently shortens changeover times between projects. Thanks to its transferred to and perfectly synchronized with the module concept, the AVL X-ion™ is a future-proof automation system. investment, as its system capabilities and performance can be extended anytime through new modules. The unique software environment, which is available with AVL X-ion™, allows engineers to professionally harmonize the development processes for different application areas, and sets high standards of quality and performance for your test facility. APPLICATION FIELDS
INDI – Combustion Measurement VISIO – Optical Combustion Analysis E-POWER – Power Analysis of E-Motors AVL X-ion™ is the product of three decades of Traditional and optical combustion analyses can now In order to calculate the power transfer and losses experience as market leader in the field of combustion be ideally combined with one unique acquisition for the optimization of the control parameters, a measurement technologies. The new acquisition platform: AVL X-ion™. A 24-bit ADC combined with dedicated front-end module collects and perfectly platform combines high performance and data quality high-precision photodiodes make it possible to synchronizes the voltage and current signals between with great comfort for users: Built-in sensor supply and measure up to 32 light signals per base unit. This battery, inverter and e-motor. Thanks to the high- recognition (TEDS, SID), integrated charge amplifier highly facilitates the usage of Visio spark plugs for speed digital inputs of AVL X-ion™, the AC and DC with robust drift compensation, real-time processing geographic analysis of the light intensity within the power analysis of the electric components can be and multiple inputs and conditioning for crank angle cylinder. The light intensity signals can be analyzed easily combined with the mechanical power available sensors make it the perfect indicating solution for directly in AVL IndiCom™ and can be easily com- at the flange. Furthermore, the e-power analysis can the entire test field. bined with cylinder pressure traces thanks to the be combined with combustion measurements of the system modularity internal combustion engine (ICE) on hybrid power trains for the optimization of power distribution.
Cylinder pressure and heat release analysis Visio spark plug with 40 fiber optics e-Power and harmonics analysis PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS
DIGITAL “UTC” I/Os SENSOR SUPPLY AND IDENTIFICATION
AVL X-ion™ offers numerous digital inputs available as “UTC” Most X-FEMs feature an embedded sensor supply, which makes it channels, meaning that solely the changes of digital state are stored. very simple to connect current clamps or low-pressure sensors. In This drastically optimizes the data size and system performance, addition, the ability to read industry-standard TEDS and AVL SID™ especially when measuring multiple digital inputs in parallel, e.g. identification elements ensures a correct setup of the measurement for rotational analysis. chain and the production of reliable data.
DUAL FILTER * TIME AND CRANK-ANGLE BASED DATA
Every physical input channel of X-FEMs of type “H” can be easily AVL X-ion™ delivers and synchronizes time and crank-angle based duplicated into two identical virtual signals. These two signals can data, making real-time calculations in both domains possible. be filtered individually in real-time, offering the possibility to adapt Most X-FEMs are furthermore able to create both data tracks at the filtering to different online calculation results. the same time.
GRAPHICAL PROGRAMMING INTERFACE DYNAMIC PERIOD DETECTION
The graphical programming interface AVL CalcGraf™ offers – as In combination with the e-Power toolbox, AVL X-ion™ offers a part of IndiCom – an intuitive yet comprehensive way to implement highly dynamic period detection for the calculation of electric new algorithms. The existing application-oriented libraries strongly power. The robust algorithm avoids blind spots during transient facilitate the creation of customer-specific functions. testing and guarantees reliable and precise results.
MODULARITY THERMODYNAMIC DRIFT COMPENSATION *
The X-FEMs in the base unit can be easily swapped on-site, meaning The X-FEM P2H1 offers a unique and patented drift compensation a quick adaptation of the instrument to the current project and unit method for cylinder pressure: The amplifier conducts a zero-level under test. This maximizes the system availability and reduces the correction, then uses the absolute manifold pressure to precisely retooling time and costs. evaluate the amount of drift – not biased by transient changes of the manifold pressure – and compensates it. This results in a significant accuracy gain of the cylinder pressure signals during dynamic testing.
* Requires IndiCom V2.9 or higher
PRODUCT PORTFOLIO
X-FEMs
Type INDI P2H1 UNIVERSAL U2H1 UNIVERSAL U4H2 VOLTAGE U4S2 E-POWER E4H2 VISIO V8X2 BLANK B001 # Channels 2 2 4 4 4 8 0 # Free slots 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 required Input type piezo-electric voltage voltage voltage voltage photodiode – Sampling rate 2 MS/s 2 MS/s 2 MS/s 1 MS/s 2 MS/s 0.5 MS/s – ADC resolution 18 bit 18 bit 18 bit 16 bit 18 bit 24 bit – Bandwidth 200 kHz 250 kHz 250 kHz 100 kHz 1,000 kHz 180 kHz – time based, time based, time based, time based, time based, Data type time based – crank-angle based crank-angle based crank-angle based crank-angle based crank-angle based Input range up to 36,000 pC ± 1, 10, 60 V ± 1, 10, 60 V ± 10 V ± 1, 10, 60 V 200 ... 1,100 nm – Sensor supply Sensor supply Sensor supply Drift compensation, Sensor supply 12 V, Functionalities (5 V, 12 V), Dual filter, (12 V, 24 V, 1 mA), (12 V on channels – – Dual filter, SID, TEDS Dual filter, TEDS TEDS Dual filter, TEDS A and C) Recommended INDI INDI INDI INDI E-POWER VISIO Gasoline – applications
BASE UNITS
X-ion Testbed 683 X-ion Mobile 684
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Deisch, C. W. (IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 1978 Record, Pp. 300-306) - Simple Switching Control Method Changes Power Converter Into A Current Source
Deisch, C. W. (IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 1978 Record, Pp. 300-306) - Simple Switching Control Method Changes Power Converter Into A Current Source
